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In North East Lincolnshire the General Election seems to have been a two horse race between the Conservative and Labour parties, as all other parties failed to achieve at least 5 per cent of the vote.

Each candidate that enters a general election has to pay a £500 deposit in order to enter the vote, which is in place in order to stop the prevalence of "fringe" candidates entering the election.

The candidates from each constituency have given their views on the results:

Great Grimsby

Melanie Onn (right) retained her seat in Great Grimsby

This year was the first time that the Liberal Democrat candidate failed to reach 5 per cent of the vote in Great Grimsby, with Steve Beasant achieving exactly that total in the last election and Andrew deFreitas reaching 22.4 per cent in 2010.

It was also the first year since 2005 that the Ukip candidate has failed to reach that total, with Victoria Ayling getting 25 per cent of the vote in the last election and Henry Hudson got 6.2 per cent in 2010.

Both parties were disappointed with the result, as was independent candidate Christina McGillian-Fell, and felt that it showed a shift in the country back to two party politics.

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Ukip's Mike Hookem felt that his party's poor result came from people switching to the Tory's saying: "I am very disappointed with the result, but I feel that it came down to people voting Tory in order to keep out Jeremy Corbyn, which appeared to be a popular decision among many voters I spoke with.

"But what has happened has happened and Ukip will continue to fight on and hopefully we will rectify this result in the future."

Liberal Democrat Steve Beasant felt that the campaign started as a two horse race, and continued that way throughout the campaign, hurting smaller parties.

He said: "I think our result across the UK has been a bit patchy, with some good results and some bad, and it is sad to see us loose good MPs such as Nick Clegg and Craig Mullholland.

"The election however started as a two party race been Labour and the Conservatives, which has squeezed th support of minority parties, however we hope to bounce back and win more seats at next year's local elections.

"The Liberal Democrats have always been good with community politics, and we will keep this as our priority and let residents know that we are always here to work on their behalf."

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Christina McGilliagan-Fell was also disappointed, but said she did not enter the race to get her deposit back, but to try and inform voters saying: "I didn't enter the race to get my deposit back, as my aim was to try and educate and inform voters to the best of my ability.

"I am grateful and honoured for the opportunity to stand as a candidate and I hope that I have helped to spread some knowledge among the voters in the borough that I have spoken with, and can honestly say I do not regret a thing."

Cleethorpes

Martin Vickers (left) held on to Cleethorpes

The Cleethorpes constituency was quite a similar story to that of Great Grimsby, with Conservative Martin Vickers winning with a landslide victory of 57 per cent, followed by Labour's Peter Keith who got 35 per cent.

This is the first time in the constituency since 2005 that Ukip have failed to achieve 5 per cent of the vote, with Stephen Harness gaining 18.5 per cent in 2015, and 7.1 per cent in 2010.

While the Liberal Democrat candidate Roy Horobin failed to achieve 5 per cent in this election and the last one, and the Green Party have never achieved it.

The candidates had similar views as their Great Grimsby counterparts with Roy Horobin saying: "I wish the election was not called in the first place, and this year has been very tough on the smaller parties, becoming a two horse race which i dislike.

"There was not enough focus on local issues in this election, something that I had tried to push, offering suggestions on how we can move Cleethorpes forward.

"But while I am disappointed I have enjoyed every minute of it."

Ukip's Tony Blake felt that his party's reduced performance was a symbol of voters joining with the Conservatives this time round.

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He said: "I was disappointed with the result, but following the local elections earlier in the year I was not surprised.

"Last night it became obvious that the country's voting has become very polarised and gone back to a two party system.

"However I am happy with my share of the vote, and if you look at what we achieved last time, and the increase in the share of the vote for Martin, it is clear to see that our support has went to him."

The Green party's Loyd Emerson said: "Nationally the Green vote has gone down, and sadly we lost out on some key seats we were targeting, but we put that down to a surge in Labour votes among the young.

"We will need to build the party back up at a national level, and we will be looking forward to the local elections where we hope we can make some gains.

"A lot of people we spoke with said they wouldn't vote Green in the general election, but would do locally, so we will be looking to get together and develop a strategy ahead of next year."